Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.: Friedrichsohn's Cooperage, Inc. Site, NY,

[Federal Register: August 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 154)]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Proposed Settlement Pursuant to Section 122(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, Regarding the Friedrichsohn's Cooperage, Inc. Superfund Site, Waterford, Saratoga County, New York

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed administrative settlement and opportunity for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), Region II, announces a proposed administrative de minimis settlement pursuant to section 122(g)(4) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(g)(4), relating to the Friedrichsohn's Cooperage, Inc. Superfund Site (``Site''), located at 153-155 Saratoga Avenue in the Town of Waterford, Saratoga County, New York. This document is being published pursuant to section 122(i) of CERCLA to inform the public of the proposed settlement and give the public the opportunity to comment.

The proposed settlement, between EPA and Jones Chemicals, Inc. and C.O. Jelliff Corporation (``Respondents''), has been memorialized in an Administrative Order on Consent (Index Number II-CERCLA-99-2014) (``Order'').

The Order will become effective after the close of the public comment period, unless comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate the Order is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate, and EPA, in accordance with section 122(i)(3) of CERCLA, modifies or withdraws its consent to the Order. Under the settlement, Respondents will be obligated to make payment of $19,985.29 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund in reimbursement of EPA response costs relating to the Site. This payment is based on documentation indicating each company contributed minimal volumes of hazardous substances to the Site. In exchange, the settling companies will receive a covenant not to sue from EPA relating to liability for the Site under sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a).

DATES: Comments must be provided by September 10, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch, 17th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007- 1866, and should refer to: ``Friedrichsohn's Cooperage, Inc. Superfund Site, U.S. EPA Index No. II-CERCLA-99-2014''. For a copy of the settlement document, contact the individual listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Leilani Davis, Assistant Regional Counsel, New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 17th Floor, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007. Telephone: (212) 637-3249.

Dated: July 16, 1999. William J. Muszynski, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.

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